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Brad Pavone

Brad Pavone

Executive producer, OWN | On Team Oprah since ’05 | Class of 2001

Lincoln Hall is where the future co-executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Network discovered that biology/pre-med was not for him. 

“When I couldn’t pass calculus to save my life, I punted and randomly, yet fatefully, chose broadcast journalism,” says Brad Pavone (’01). 

“The moment I walked into Mitch Kazel’s class in the Richmond TV studio with the cameras, the lights and the control room, I was completely hooked with the idea of putting a TV show together. 

“I still am today.”

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